How Many People Are Named Orby?
An estimated 15 people in the United States have the first name Orby. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 87 years old, and Orby peaked in popularity in 1923 with 13 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Orby as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Orby paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- With an average bearer age of 87, Orby is a vintage name most associated with earlier generations. Most living bearers were born before 1949.
- Orby is exceptionally rare. Fewer than 100 people with this name are estimated to be alive in the U.S. today.
Estimated Living Americans
15
About 1 in 22,850,289 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
87
years old
Peak Year
1923
13 births
Total Registered
151
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Orby
Orby is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 151 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Orby as a male name
Ranked #4,122 in 1947
5 male births in 1947
Peak: 1923 (13 births)
Orby: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Orby span from the 1910s to the 1940s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1920s, when 72 babies were registered. Orby has declined significantly from its peak in the 1920s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Orby by Decade
How has Orby tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Orby + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Orby as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Orby
Other first names starting with O with a similar number of bearers.
Orby: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Orby?
We estimate approximately 15 people named Orby are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 22,850,289 Americans share this first name.
Is Orby a common name?
Orby is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 35.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 151 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Orby most popular?
Orby reached peak popularity in 1923, when 13 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Orby is approximately 87 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Orby a male name?
Orby is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Orby Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Orby Smith, Orby Johnson, Orby Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
Search for a full name combination
How Many of Me